“Assumptions and Realities About Presidential Primary Front-loading in 2008,” conference/symposium on Choosing the President 2008: The Evolving Process and Its Effects, Institute for Governmental Studies, University of California-Berkeley, April 2008.

“Three Decades of Reaganism: A Balance Sheet,” presented at symposium on the Legacy of Ronald Reagan, Regent University, February 2008.

“Roundtable on the 2008 Presidential Campaign,” presented at the American Political Science Association, August 30-September 2, 2007.

“The U.S. Congress,” teachers’ seminar on Teaching American History, Ashland University, July 2007.

“Ronald Reagan and the Firing of the PATCO Strikers,” presented at the American Political Science Association, August 31-September 3, 2006.

“The New Deal,” teachers’ seminar on Teaching American History, Boise State University, August 2006.

“The Republican Strategy for the Future,” conference on The Future of America’s Political Parties, Claremont McKenna College, April 2006.

“Ronald Reagan and the Firing of the PATCO Strikers,” invited talk, Presidential Moments Conference, McConnell Center for Political Leadership, University of Louisville, February 19, 2006.

“Presidential Second Terms,” Roundtable at Presidential Moments Conference, McConnell Center for Political Leadership, University of Louisville, February 19, 2006.

“Worst Presidential Mistakes,” Roundtable at Presidential Moments Conference, McConnell Center for Political Leadership, University of Louisville, February 18, 2006.

“Thinking Twice About Personal Accounts,” Roundtable on Social Security and the Future of American Democracy,” presented at the American Political Science Association, September 1-4, 2005.

“Barry Goldwater and Social Conservatism,” Roundtable on Legacies of Goldwater and Reagan, presented at the American Political Science Association, September 2-5, 2004.

“George Bush’s Electoral Career,” conference on “After September 11: George W. Bush and the 21st Century Presidency,” Hauenstein Center for the Study of the Presidency, Grand Valley State University, September 12, 2003.

“The Front-loading Problem,” Roundtable on The Making of the Presidential Candidates 2004, American Political Science Association, August 28-31, 2003.

“The Constitution and Members of Congress,” presented at the Midwest Political Science Association, April 3-6, 2003. Co-author: Christopher McLemore.

“The First Seven Months of the Bush Presidency,” University of Denver Women’s Library Association, September 2001.

Invited witness, “Public Hearing on the Scheduling of Future Democratic Presidential Primaries and Caucuses,” Rules and Bylaws Committee, Democratic National Committee, San Francisco, April 2000 [Submitted written statement].